Harriet T. Patterson
June 22, 1917-Dec. 6, 1987
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, December 8, 1987, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library
Harriet T. Patterson, 70, of 336 N. Lincoln Ave., Niles, died Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend, Ind., following a long illness.
Formerly the co-owner of Paris Candy Store, Niles, she retired Dec. 31, 1985. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Lodge No. 332.
She was born June 22, 1917 in Owatonna, Minn. and moved to the area in 1920. She was married Oct. 10, 1937 to Theodore J. Patterson who survives.
Other survivors include three sons, Robert of Remus, Thomas of Lowell and James of Niles; three daughters, Mary Jo Meyer, Margaret Cinninger and Martha Kennedy, all of Niles; two brothers, Rodger Tibbs of Niles and Robert Tibbs of Oregon City, Ore.; a sister, Barbara Geiger of Tuscon[sic], Ariz.; and 14 grandchildren.
A brother, Kenneth Tibbs, and a son, Billy Patterson preceded her in death.
Services are Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Pifer-Smith funeral Home in Niles where Rev. Arnold O. Schaap will officiate. Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial services will be conducted today at 7 p.m .by the Order of Eastern Star Lodge No. 332.
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation and the Diabetes Foundation.